Not that Kerry Washington needs the help, but the enhanced focus on the Supreme Court, stemming from Justice Scalia’s death and a nascent confirmation battle, makes this an ideal time for HBO to air its fictionalized account of a different confirmation battle, now 25 years old.
HBO’s Confirmation depicts the unusually contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearings that transpired after Anita Hill, played by Washington, accused Clarence Thomas, played by Wendell Pierce, of sexual harassment when Thomas was Hill’s boss at the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
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